Masterpiece wins Screenrights comp

The animated short Masterpiece by Vivien Mason has won Screenrights’ Rights on Screen competition.

The film, which compares the creation of a screen production to childbirth, aims to remind producers to register their work for royalties.

Participating films were asked to communicate the importance of registration, ideally in pre-production, for Screenrights to collect and deliver royalties to producers.

The judging panel for the competition included Ian Collie (Essential Media & Entertainment), Brain Beaton (Artemis International), Melanie Coombs (Melodrama Pictures), Veronica Fury (Fury Productions), Megan McMurchy (SuitCase Films) and Tony Wright (December Films).

Mason created the animated short with a digital camera and her computer; she won a $2,500 cash award.